United Kingdom (album)

United Kingdom is the fourth album by American Music Club. It was recorded primarily for the UK, where the band had a larger following than in their native USA, and consists of a mixture of studio and live tracks. The LP was produced by Tom Mallon who also produced the band's previous three LPs, The Restless Stranger, Engine and California. United Kingdom contained the song "Kathleen", the most obvious of many that Mark Eitzel has composed about his long-term muse, Kathleen Burns.

United Kingdom

There's a gang I've just joinedThere's a gang I've just joinedThree million strong you'd agreeFour million strong you'd agreeEnrollment was easy, so easyGetting out proves to be the difficultyFrom land's end to john o'groatsFrom land's end to john o'groatsThey are making ends meetMending holes in their coatFasting and feasting on bread and margarineBurning dreams build upon buried hopesUnited kingdom - you'd better ring themYou've a solution - you better bring themUnited kingdom - united kingdomYou've a solution - you better bring themOpportunity, I guess they all came and wentFinding it hardFinding the rent you'll find it funnyWith your finger running downSituations vacantIn school he was an athleteNow he's not so self-assured"after all of these o-levels is this my reward? "There's a silent majority, that's seen andNever heard from charles i, charles iiTo charles iiiUnited kingdom - you'd better ring themYou've a solution - you better bring themUnited kingdom - united kingdomThis busted, rusted, upper-crustedBankrupted done and dustedNo-man-to-be-trusted united kingdomProud to stand beneath the union jack?Happy dealing up a no ace pack?Polishing black bootsPriming the riot squadThere go I but for the grace of godCovering up the agony with mindless entertainmentYou'll be happy when they're ripping up the pavementBringing down the axe on steelworks and foundriesSomeone said love knows no boundariesClose your eyes and think of englandLie back and think of herUnited kingdom - you better ring them